Core Glossary

08 Core Glossary — 1 Corinthians (Full Book)

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, covering the core passage (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) and every chapter of the book. Terms marked Reused carry the Manipuri rendering EXACTLY as recorded in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json — no deviation permitted. Terms marked New are proposed for this curriculum; those marked [PROVISIONAL] in the Notes column require confirmation with a Manipuri-speaking theologian or native speaker before Phase 2 deployment, consistent with the baseline’s own practice for uncertain terms.

Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical and High require human theologian review; Medium requires native speaker review; Low requires automated review only.

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Status: Reused (from Romans TM, unchanged) | New (proposed for 1 Corinthians)
Ch.: chapter(s) of first/primary occurrence in 1 Corinthians

Term (English)	Original (Greek)	Transliteration	Manipuri Rendering	Manipuri Transliteration	Doctrine Category	Risk	Status	Ch.	Notes
gospel	εὐαγγέλιον	euangelion	নুংঙাইবগী পাউ	nungngaibagi pao	The Cross as Wisdom/Power; Resurrection	High	Reused	1, 9, 15	Exactly as Romans TM.
grace	χάρις	charis	মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং	mathou tadana piba tengbang	Grace/Resurrection	Critical	Reused	1, 15, 16	15:10 is a key grace-vs-works passage; escalate to theologian review.
faith / believe	πίστις / πιστεύω	pistis / pisteuō	থাজবা	thajaba	Faith	High	Reused	13, 15	Object of faith (the risen Christ) must be explicit in 15:11.
called / calling	κλητός / κλῆσις	klētos / klēsis	কৌখিবা / কৌবগী থৌদাং	koukhiba / koubagi thoudang	Divine Calling	High	Reused	1, 7
holy / sanctification	ἅγιος / ἁγιασμός	hagios / hagiasmos	অসেংবা / অসেংবা ওইহনবা	asengba / asengba oihanba	Sanctification	High	Reused	1, 6
saints	ἅγιοι	hagioi	অসেংবা মীওই	asengba miwoi	Sainthood	High	Reused	1, 16	Never গোসাঞি.
church	ἐκκλησία	ekklēsia	কলিসিয়া	kalisiya	Church as God’s People	Medium	Reused	1, 15, 16	Never মন্দির or Umang Lai grove terms.
fellowship	κοινωνία	koinōnia	লোইনবা	loinaba	Christian Fellowship	Low	Reused	1, 10, 16
thanksgiving	εὐχαριστία	eucharistia	থাগৎচরি	thagatchari	Thanksgiving	Low	Reused	1
power of God	δύναμις θεοῦ	dynamis theou	তেংবাং মপুগী পাংথোক-থেংনবা	Tengban Mapugi pangthok-thengnaba	Power of God / Cross as Wisdom-Power	High	Reused	1, 2	Never শক্তি.
apostle	ἀπόστολος	apostolos	তবিদগী থাবিরকপা	tabidagi thabirakpa	Apostleship	Medium	Reused	4, 9, 12, 15
kingdom of God	βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ	basileia tou theou	তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক	Tengban Mapugi leipak	Kingdom Mission	Medium	Reused	4
sin	ἁμαρτία	hamartia	পাপ	pap	Cross/Atonement	High	Reused	15
covenant	διαθήκη	diathēkē	ৱারেপ্পা	wareppa	The Lord’s Supper	High	Reused	11	”New covenant” — 11:25.
glory	δόξα	doxa	মতিক চাউবা	matik chauba	Deity of Christ; Order in Worship	High	Reused	11	Also root of new coinage “wisdom” (matik).
resurrection	ἀνάστασις / ἐγείρω	anastasis / egeirō	সিবদগী হিংজত-লকপা	sibadagi hingjat-lakpa	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Critical	Reused	15	NEVER পুনর্জন্ম. Both noun and verb forms map here.
lord	κύριος	kyrios	মপু ইবুংগো	Mapu Ibungo	The Lord’s Supper; Lordship	Critical	Reused	10, 11, 16	Never ঠাকুর.
israel	Ἰσραήλ	Israēl	ইস্রায়েল	Israel	Unity of Jews/Gentiles	Medium	Reused	10
prophet / prophecy	προφήτης / προφητεία	prophētēs / prophēteia	তোঙান তোঙানবা ফোংদোকপা / ফোংদোকপা ৱারোল	tongan tonganba phongdokpa / phongdokpa warol	Order in Worship	Low	Reused	12, 13, 14	Never মৈবা/মৈবী.
mutual edification	οἰκοδομή	oikodomē	অমাগা অমাগা হৌদোকহনবা	amaga amaga houdokhanba	Order in Worship	Low	Reused	14
spiritual gifts	χαρίσματα	charismata	থাওয়াইগী খুদোল	thawaigi khudol	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	Medium	Reused	7, 12	Never শক্তি.
jesus / christ	Ἰησοῦς / Χριστός	Iēsous / Christos	জিসু / ক্রিস্তো	Jisu / Christo	All	Critical	Reused	throughout
god	θεός	theos	তেংবাং মপু	Tengban Mapu	All	Critical	Reused	throughout
holy spirit	πνεῦμα ἅγιον	pneuma hagion	থাওয়াই অসেংবা	Thawai Asengba	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	Critical	Reused	2, 3, 6, 12	Never bare থাওয়াই.
received (tradition)	παραλαμβάνω	paralambanō	লৌখৎপা	loukhatpa	Resurrection of Christ	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:1	Formal reception of apostolic tradition.
stand firm	ἵστημι	hestēkate	চেৎনা লৈবা	chetna leiba	Resurrection of Christ	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:1
in vain	κενός	kenos	মথৌ তাদবা	mathou tadaba	Resurrection of Christ	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:2	Distinguish from assurance doctrine.
delivered (tradition)	παραδίδωμι	paradidōmi	শিন্নবা	shinnaba	Resurrection of Christ	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:3	Pairs with paralambanō.
for (substitution)	ὑπέρ	hyper	(contextual: “-গীদমক”)	-gidamak	Cross/Atonement	Critical	New	15:3	Must retain substitutionary “in place of” sense.
buried	θάπτω	thaptō	হনবা	hanba	Resurrection of Christ	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:4	Confirms real bodily death.
third day	τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ	tē hēmera tē tritē	নুমিৎ অহুমশুবা	numit ahumsuba	Resurrection of Christ	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:4	Historical, not cyclical.
appeared	ὁράω (ὤφθη)	horaō (ōphthē)	উৎপা	utpa	Resurrection of Christ	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:5-8	Bodily, verifiable appearance, not trance/vision.
at once / once for all	ἐφάπαξ	ephapax	অমুক্তমক্তা	amuktamakta	Resurrection of Christ	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:6	Non-repeatable event; contrast avatar-descent cycles.
one untimely born	ἔκτρωμα	ektrōma	মপুংফাদবা পোকপা	mapungphadaba pokpa	Grace/Apostleship	Medium-High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:8	Sensitive imagery; native-speaker review for tact.
persecuted	διώκω	diōkō	নাকখৎপা	nakkhatpa	Grace/Calling	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:9
labored	κοπιάω	kopiaō	হোৎনবা	hotnaba	Grace vs. Works	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:10	Grace-fruit, not merit; escalate for theologian review.
preached	κηρύσσω	kēryssō	ফোংদোকপা	phongdokpa	Resurrection/Gospel Proclamation	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	15:11	Authoritative heralding, not private teaching.
division/schism	σχίσμα	schisma	তোকহনবা	tokhanba	Christian Unity vs. Factionalism	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	1	Sensitive given inter-community dynamics; don’t map onto ethnic divisions.
quarrels	ἔρις	eris	খৎনবা	khatnaba	Christian Unity vs. Factionalism	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	1
wisdom	σοφία	sophia	খংবগী মতিক	khangbagi matik	The Cross as Wisdom and Power	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	1, 2, 3	Contrast Vaishnava jnana-path wisdom.
foolishness	μωρία	mōria	অপাংবা	apangba	The Cross as Wisdom and Power	High	New	1	Preserve rhetorical inversion.
cross	σταυρός	stauros	ক্রুশ	krush	The Cross as Wisdom and Power	Critical	New	1	Transliteration; teach with wisdom/power paradox.
stumbling block	σκάνδαλον / πρόσκομμα	skandalon / proskomma	লম্বীদা তুহানবা	lambida tuhanba	Cross; Christian Liberty	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	1, 8	Same rendering for both Greek terms.
mystery	μυστήριον	mystērion	লুকপা থৌরাং	lukpa thourang	The Cross as Wisdom and Power	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	2	Distinguish from esoteric ritual/maiba secret knowledge.
natural person	ψυχικός	psychikos	হকচাংগী মীওই	hakchanggi miwoi	Cross as Wisdom	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	2, 15	Contrasts with resurrection “spiritual body.”
spiritual person	πνευματικός	pneumatikos	থাওয়াই অসেংবাগী মীওই	thawai asengbagi miwoi	Cross as Wisdom; Spiritual Gifts	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	2	Built on full থাওয়াই অসেংবা compound.
discern/examine	ἀνακρίνω	anakrinō	য়েংথোকপা	yengthokpa	Cross as Wisdom	Low-Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	2
fleshly/carnal	σαρκικός	sarkikos	হকচাংগী	hakchanggi	Christian Unity vs. Factionalism	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	3
temple (of God)	ναός	naos	তেংবাং মপুগী লৈফম	Tengban Mapugi leifam	Church Discipline and Holiness	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	3, 6	Never মন্দির or Umang Lai grove terms.
reward	μισθός	misthos	মানা	mana	Church Discipline; Grace	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	3	Reward for grace-empowered service, not merit for salvation.
steward	οἰκονόμος	oikonomos	থৌদাং য়েংবা মী	thoudang yengba mi	Apostleship	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	4
servant	ὑπηρέτης	hypēretēs	মতেং পাংবা মী	mateng pangba mi	Apostleship	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	4
judge	κρίνω	krinō	ৱায়েল তানবা	wayel tanba	Church Discipline and Holiness	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	4, 5, 6
sexual immorality	πορνεία	porneia	ব্যভিচার	byabhichar	Church Discipline and Holiness	High	New	5, 6, 7	Widely used regional term; teach as sin vs. holy God, not merely honor-shame.
leaven	ζύμη	zymē	হমেই	hamei	Church Discipline and Holiness	Medium	New	5	Requires Passover/OT background teaching.
Satan	Σατανᾶς	Satanas	শয়তান	Shoitan	Church Discipline and Holiness	High	New	5	Distinguish from Sanamahi spirit-world categories.
body	σῶμα	sōma	হকচাং	hakchang	Body of Christ; Church Discipline; Resurrection	Critical	New	6, 10, 11, 12, 15	Foundational anthropological term reused across the book.
washed	ἀπολούω	apolouō	চম্থোকপা	chamthokpa	Church Discipline and Holiness	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	6	Distinguish from ritual purification before Lai Haraoba/temple worship.
one flesh	μία σάρξ	mia sarx	অমা হকচাং	ama hakchang	Marriage and Singleness	Medium	New	6
marriage	γάμος	gamos	লুহোংবা	luhongba	Marriage and Singleness	Medium	New	7
virgin	παρθένος	parthenos	লৈরেম্মা	leirembi	Marriage and Singleness	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	7
unmarried/single	ἄγαμος	agamos	লুহোংদবা	luhongdaba	Marriage and Singleness	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	7	Countercultural relative to Meitei clan-continuity expectations.
conjugal duty	ὀφειλή	opheilē	লুহোংবগী থৌদাং	luhongbagi thoudang	Marriage and Singleness	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	7
idol	εἴδωλον	eidōlon	মীওইনা শেমখ্রবা লাই	miwoina shemkhraba lai	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	8, 10, 12	Direct collision with Umang Lai and Vaishnava murti; teach pastorally and precisely.
knowledge	γνῶσις	gnōsis	খংবা	khangba	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat; Love	Medium	New	8, 13	Contrasts with love (ch.13).
conscience	συνείδησις	syneidēsis	থমোইগী খংবা	thamoigi khangba	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	8, 10	No crisp native equivalent; requires explicit teaching.
food sacrificed to idols	εἰδωλόθυτον	eidōlothyton	লাইদা কতখিবা চাক	laida katkhiba chak	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	8, 10	Collides directly with prasad/mahaprasad and Lai Haraoba offerings; theologian review every occurrence.
right/authority	ἐξουσία	exousia	চৎনবগী হক	chatnabagi hak	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	Medium	New	8, 9
crown	στέφανος	stephanos	মকোক চুম্বা	makok chumba	Christian Liberty	Low-Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	9
self-control	ἐγκράτεια	enkrateia	মশাগী মথৌ খুমহনবা	masagi mathou khumhanba	Christian Liberty	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	9
race/contest	ἀγών	agōn	চেনবগী শান	chenbagi shan	Christian Liberty	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	9
idolatry	εἰδωλολατρία	eidōlolatria	মীওইনা শেমখ্রবা লাইদা খুরুমজবা	miwoina shemkhraba laida khurumjaba	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	10	Same collision level as idol; theologian review every occurrence.
the Lord’s table	τράπεζα κυρίου	trapeza kyriou	মপু ইবুংগোগী চাক-থাক	Mapu Ibungogi chak-thak	Christian Liberty; The Lord’s Supper	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	10	Contrast with “table of demons” requires careful pastoral framing.
cup (of the Lord)	ποτήριον	potērion	মপু ইবুংগোগী তেংগোৎ	Mapu Ibungogi tengot	The Lord’s Supper	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	10, 11
demon	δαιμόνιον	daimonion	লাইরাক	lairak	Christian Liberty and Idol Meat	Critical	New [PROVISIONAL]	10	Risk of blanket-labeling Umang Lai/Krishna worship; theologian review required.
temptation/testing	πειρασμός	peirasmos	শোনথিবা	shonthiba	Christian Liberty	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	10
head (headship)	κεφαλή	kephalē	কোক	kok	Order in Worship	High	New	11	Gender-relations doctrine; frame with mutual honor of 11:11-12.
head covering	κατακαλύπτω	katakalyptō	কোক ফুম্বা	kok phumba	Order in Worship	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	11	Natural resonance with existing Meitei headscarf customs.
Lord’s Supper	κυριακὸν δεῖπνον	kyriakon deipnon	মপু ইবুংগোগী চাক	Mapu Ibungogi chak	The Lord’s Supper	Critical	New	11	Distinguish from prasad/mahaprasad and Lai Haraoba feasting.
blood (of Christ)	αἷμα	haima	ঈ	ee	The Lord’s Supper	Critical	New	11	Once-for-all atoning blood, not repeatable Umang Lai blood-offering.
remembrance	ἀνάμνησις	anamnēsis	নিংশিংবা	ningshingba	The Lord’s Supper	Medium	New	11
unworthy manner	ἀναξίως	anaxiōs	মতিক চাদবা মৱোংদা	matik chadaba mawongda	The Lord’s Supper	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	11
judgment/condemnation	κρίμα	krima	ৱায়েল	wayel	The Lord’s Supper	Medium	New	11
member (body part)	μέλος	melos	হকচাংগী কায়	hakchanggi kai	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	12
tongues	γλῶσσα	glōssa	লোল	lol	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ; Order in Worship	Critical	New	12, 13, 14	Distinguish sharply from maibi trance-possession utterance.
manifestation	φανέρωσις	phanerōsis	ফোংদোকপা	phongdokpa	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	Medium	New	12
baptized	βαπτίζω	baptizō	বাপ্তিস্মা	baptisma	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	High	New	12	New ordinance term beyond Romans TM; distinguish from ritual water-purification.
body of Christ	σῶμα Χριστοῦ	sōma Christou	ক্রিস্তোগী হকচাং	Christogi hakchang	Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ	High	New	12	Not clan/ethnic-community belonging.
love	ἀγάπη	agapē	মথৌ তাদনা নুংশিবা	mathou tadana nungshiba	Love as the Greater Way	CRITICAL	New	13	Never প্রেম (Radha-Krishna Ras Lila devotional love) or ভক্তি; highest-salience new term in the curriculum.
hope	ἐλπίς	elpis	আশা	asha	Love as the Greater Way	High	New	13	Distinguish from devotee’s hoped-for nearness to Krishna.
interpretation	ἑρμηνεία	hermēneia	ৱাহন্থোকপা	wahanthokpa	Order in Worship	Low-Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	14
order	τάξις	taxis	মপুং ফাবা মৱোং	mapung phaba mawong	Order in Worship	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	14
keep silent	σιγάω	sigaō	ৱা হায়দবা	wa haidaba	Order in Worship	High	New [PROVISIONAL]	14	Sensitive gender/order passage; theologian review required.
unbeliever	ἄπιστος	apistos	থাজদবা মীওই	thajadaba miwoi	Order in Worship	Low	New	14
firstfruits	ἀπαρχή	aparchē	হানগী মহৈ	hangi mahei	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Medium	New	15
Adam / last Adam	Ἀδάμ	Adam	আদম	Adam	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	High	New	15	Requires OT (Genesis) background teaching.
imperishable	ἄφθαρτος	aphthartos	সিদবা য়াদবা	sidaba yadaba	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15
mortal	θνητός	thnētos	সিগদবা	sigadaba	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Low	New	15
victory	νῖκος	nikos	ঙম্বা	ngamba	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Low-Medium	New	15
sting (of death)	κέντρον	kentron	সিবগী খোঙথাং	sibagi khongthang	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	15
spiritual body	σῶμα πνευματικόν	sōma pneumatikon	থাওয়াইগী হকচাং	thawaigi hakchang	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	High	New	15	Real transformed body, not disembodied ancestral-spirit (thawai) existence.
sown	σπείρω	speirō	হুনবা	hunba	Resurrection of Christ and Believers	Medium	New	15	Agrarian metaphor; not reincarnation.
collection	λογία	logia	খোমজিনবা	khomjinba	Church as God’s People	Low	New [PROVISIONAL]	16
Maranatha	μαράνα θά	marana tha	মারানাথা	Marana Tha	Resurrection/Eschatology	Medium	New	16	Preserved transliteration, cf. আব্বা precedent.
holy kiss	φίλημα ἅγιον	philēma hagion	অসেংবা চুমথাবা	asengba chumthaba	Christian Fellowship	Medium	New [PROVISIONAL]	16	Recommend cultural-adaptation translator note.
anathema (curse)	ἀνάθεμα	anathema	শিরাপ	shirap	Love as the Greater Way (closing warning)	High	New	16	God’s judicial verdict, not a maiba’s ritual curse.

Summary Statistics

Risk Tier	Count	Review Routing
Critical	15	Human theologian (every occurrence)
High	22	Human theologian
Medium	30	Native speaker review
Low	14	Automated review
Total terms	81

Cross-Reference to Romans Baseline

Of the 81 terms above, 25 terms are reused exactly from the Romans translation_memory.json with no modification. 56 terms are new to the 1 Corinthians curriculum, of which 1 term (ἀγάπη / love) is assessed as the single highest-salience new theological-vocabulary risk in the entire curriculum, on the same order of gravity as the baseline’s treatment of grace, salvation, and incarnation, because of its direct collision with the actively practiced, UNESCO-recognized Ras Lila devotional-love tradition central to Manipuri Vaishnavism.

All [PROVISIONAL]-marked renderings above must be confirmed with a Manipuri-speaking theologian or native speaker and, once confirmed, written into an updated translation_memory.json (version increment) before Phase 2 segment translation begins, per the AI Translation Requirements’ Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions.

Critical Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং
Transliteration: mathou tadana piba tengbang
Doctrine: Grace and Apostolic Labor
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা (bhakti-responsive favor, never use), পুণ্য (merit accumulated through seva, never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). 1 Corinthians 15:10 (‘by the grace of God I am what I am… I worked harder… yet not I, but the grace of God’) is a textbook grace-produces-labor paradox; escalate to theologian review at every occurrence in this book, exactly as Romans 4:4-5 and 11:5-6 are escalated.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: সিবদগী হিংজত-লকপা
Transliteration: sibadagi hingjat-lakpa
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনর্জন্ম (rebirth/reincarnation, never use)
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγείρω
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Both the noun (ἀνάστασις) and verb (ἐγείρω, ‘has been raised’) map to this same phrase. Occurs 1 Corinthians 15:4, 15:12-23, 15:35-58. NEVER পুনর্জন্ম.

Lord

Approved rendering: মপু ইবুংগো
Transliteration: Mapu Ibungo
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: ঠাকুর (Krishna-devotional title, never use)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 8:6, 10:21-22, 11:20-32, 16:22 (Maranatha).

Jesus

Approved rendering: জিসু
Transliteration: Jisu
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Confessed as risen and Lord, 1 Corinthians 12:3, 15:1-8.

Messiah

Approved rendering: ক্রিস্তো
Transliteration: Christo
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Central subject of the resurrection creed, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 15:3-4, 15:12-23; not one avatar among a recognized Vaishnava avatar sequence.

God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপু
Transliteration: Tengban Mapu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঠাকুর (never use), সানামাহি (never use as primary term)
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Contrasted with ‘many gods and many lords’ of pagan worship, 1 Corinthians 8:4-6.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: থাওয়াই অসেংবা
Transliteration: Thawai Asengba
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare থাওয়াই (never use alone), শক্তি (never use)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Personally indwells believers and distributes spiritual gifts, 1 Corinthians 2:10-14, 3:16, 6:19, 12:3-13. Must always appear in full compound; never bare থাওয়াই.

Vicarious Substitution

Approved rendering: -গীদমক (contextual compound, e.g. ঐখোয়গী পাপগীদমক)
Transliteration: -gidamak
Doctrine: Substitutionary Atonement
Rejected alternatives: a generic causal ‘because of’ rendering that loses the in-place-of sense (rejected)
Original: ὑπέρ
Category: Cross/Atonement

New contextual compound, no fixed single-word gloss exists. 1 Corinthians 15:3 (‘Christ died for our sins’); also 5:7, 11:24. Must retain the in-place-of, substitutionary sense. No Sanamahi or Vaishnava atonement category (prayaschitta, Lai Haraoba purification) has a substitutionary-death structure; must be taught explicitly at every occurrence.

Appeared

Approved rendering: উৎপা
Transliteration: utpa
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: ὁράω (ὤφθη)
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:5-8. Bodily, verifiable, eyewitness appearance of the risen Christ; must be distinguished from a maibi’s visionary/trance encounter with an Umang Lai deity, or a devotee’s felt inner vision of Krishna in bhakti experience. Shared, externally verifiable testimony from named individuals and a named group of 500. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Cross

Approved rendering: ক্রুশ
Transliteration: krush
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: a literal descriptive translation (‘wooden execution-frame’), rejected as stripping established devotional weight
Original: σταυρός
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

Transliteration, following established Bengali-script Christian convention. 1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 1:23, 2:2. No native Meitei, Sanamahi, or Vaishnava equivalent object exists; must always be taught with its wisdom/power paradox (1:18-25), never as mere execution-narrative.

Temple Of God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী লৈফম
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi leifam
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: মন্দির (Vaishnava temple, already forbidden for ‘church’ in the Romans baseline; never use), any term suggesting a physical Umang Lai grove-shrine (never use)
Original: ναός
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (corporate church), 6:19-20 (individual believer’s body). God’s Spirit personally indwells his people, not a building or grove visited periodically. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Body

Approved rendering: হকচাং
Transliteration: hakchang
Doctrine: Sexual Purity and the Believer’s Body
Original: σῶμα
Category: Body of Christ; Resurrection

New term, standard Meitei word for body. Foundational term reused across chs. 6, 10-12, 15 (1 Corinthians 6:13-20, 10:16-17, 11:24-29, 12:12-27, 15:35-44) with related but distinct theological freight in each occurrence; must be established early and consistently.

Idol

Approved rendering: মীওইনা শেমখ্রবা লাই
Transliteration: miwoina shemkhraba lai
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 8:4-7, 10:19, 12:2. Directly intersects with currently practiced veneration of Umang Lai deities and Vaishnava murti worship of Krishna; must be taught pastorally and precisely (images are human-made and represent no true god, 8:4-6), not as a blanket insult toward practicing neighbors. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Food Sacrificed To Idols

Approved rendering: লাইদা কতখিবা চাক
Transliteration: laida katkhiba chak
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἰδωλόθυτον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing কৎপা (‘to offer/present’) and চাক (‘food’). 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, 10:28. Directly names the currently practiced custom of sharing food offered to Umang Lai deities at Lai Haraoba and to Krishna as prasad/mahaprasad in Vaishnava worship; the single most concrete real-world collision point in the entire curriculum. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: মীওইনা শেমখ্রবা লাইদা খুরুমজবা
Transliteration: miwoina shemkhraba laida khurumjaba
Doctrine: Idolatry and Spiritual Realities
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing খুরুমজবা (‘to worship/bow to’). 1 Corinthians 10:7, 10:14. Same collision level as ‘idol’; theologian review required at every occurrence.

Lords Table

Approved rendering: মপু ইবুংগোগী চাক-থাক
Transliteration: Mapu Ibungogi chak-thak
Doctrine: Idolatry and Spiritual Realities
Original: τράπεζα κυρίου
Category: Christian Liberty; The Lord’s Supper

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মপু ইবুংগো. 1 Corinthians 10:21, contrasted with ‘the table of demons.’ The contrast is theologically necessary but pastorally sensitive, since ‘the table of demons’ corresponds structurally to currently practiced communal feasting connected to Lai Haraoba offerings and Vaishnava prasad. Requires careful teaching notes distinguishing the theological claim from personal condemnation of practicing neighbors.

Demon

Approved rendering: লাইরাক
Transliteration: lairak
Doctrine: Idolatry and Spiritual Realities
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

[PROVISIONAL] New term, combining লাই (deity/spirit) + রাক (bad). 1 Corinthians 10:20-21. Risks being heard as a blanket denial that Umang Lai deities and Krishna are real and worthy of the reverence their current worshippers give them; the actual Pauline claim (hostile spiritual realities exist behind idol worship) must be taught precisely and pastorally, not as an insult. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Lords Supper

Approved rendering: মপু ইবুংগোগী চাক
Transliteration: Mapu Ibungogi chak
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Category: The Lord’s Supper

New term, reusing মপু ইবুংগো. 1 Corinthians 11:20-34. Must be clearly distinguished from Vaishnava prasad/mahaprasad communal feasting and Lai Haraoba communal feasting, both real, current, structurally similar-looking shared sacred meals. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Blood Of Christ

Approved rendering: ঈ
Transliteration: ee
Doctrine: Substitutionary Atonement
Original: αἷμα
Category: The Lord’s Supper

New term, standard Meitei word for blood. 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:25-27. Must be sharply distinguished from repeated animal-sacrifice blood offerings historically and currently made to the Umang Lai at Lai Haraoba; a completed, unrepeatable atoning sacrifice, not a repeatable ritual blood-offering.

Tongues

Approved rendering: লোল
Transliteration: lol
Doctrine: Tongues and Ecstatic Speech in Worship
Rejected alternatives: any rendering implying trance-possession speech (rejected)
Original: γλῶσσα
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ; Order in Worship

New term, Meitei word for tongue/language. 1 Corinthians 12:10, 12:28-30, 13:1, 13:8, 14:1-40. Risks assimilation to a maibi’s ecstatic/oracular trance-possession utterance during Lai Haraoba, a live and highly salient phenomenon. Must be taught explicitly as Spirit-given, Spirit-controlled speech for prayer/edification, never oracular possession-speech. Theologian review required at every occurrence.

Love

Approved rendering: মথৌ তাদনা নুংশিবা
Transliteration: mathou tadana nungshiba
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: প্রেম (Radha-Krishna Ras Lila romantic devotional love, NEVER use as primary term), ভক্তি (bhakti, already rejected for ‘faith’ in the Romans baseline, NEVER use)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Love as the Greater Way

New term, deliberately paralleling the established grace compound মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং, built on নুংশিবা (ordinary Meitei word for love/affection). SINGLE HIGHEST-SALIENCE new theological term in the entire curriculum. Manipuri Vaishnavism has an extremely well-developed, culturally prestigious, UNESCO-recognized devotional-love vocabulary (প্রেম) that must never be borrowed, since it would frame Christian love as one more variety of Krishna-devotional romantic longing rather than the selfless, cruciform love Paul describes (1 Corinthians 13:1-13; also 8:1, 16:14). Human theologian review required for EVERY occurrence in the curriculum.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: নুংঙাইবগী পাউ
Transliteration: nungngaibagi pao
Doctrine: Gospel as Received Apostolic Tradition
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). In 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 the gospel is a fixed, already-delivered tradition anchoring the 15:3-5 creed; must convey authoritative, historically anchored proclamation, not one more festive announcement in the Vaishnava festival calendar.

Faith

Approved rendering: থাজবা
Transliteration: thajaba
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: ভক্তি (bhakti, too specific to Vaishnava devotional framework)
Original: πίστις / πιστεύω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). In 1 Corinthians 15:11 and 15:14-17 the object of faith (the risen Christ, attested 15:1-8) must always be explicit.

Called

Approved rendering: কৌখিবা
Transliteration: koukhiba
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλητός
Category: Divine Calling

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:1-2, 1:9, 1:24, 1:26, 7:15-24; distinguish from a maibi being ritually ‘called’/seized by an Umang Lai deity during Lai Haraoba trance.

Calling

Approved rendering: কৌবগী থৌদাং
Transliteration: koubagi thoudang
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Divine Calling

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:26, 7:20 (remain in the calling in which you were called).

Holy

Approved rendering: অসেংবা
Transliteration: asengba
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শেংবা (ritual-purity-only sense, reserved separately)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:2, 7:14, 7:34.

Saints

Approved rendering: অসেংবা মীওই
Transliteration: asengba miwoi
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: গোসাঞি (Vaishnava renunciant-devotee title, never use)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:2, 16:1, 16:15 (collection/service to the saints).

Sanctification

Approved rendering: অসেংবা ওইহনবা
Transliteration: asengba oihanba
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ is our sanctification) and 6:11 (washed, sanctified, justified); distinct from ritual purification before Lai Haraoba or Vaishnava temple worship.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী পাংথোক-থেংনবা
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi pangthok-thengnaba
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: শক্তি (maibi trance-power, never use)
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1:24, 2:4-5, revealed paradoxically in the cross.

Sin

Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Substitutionary Atonement
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 15:3, 15:17; distinguish from ritual offenses addressed through Lai Haraoba purification or Vaishnava prayaschitta atonement rites.

Covenant

Approved rendering: ৱারেপ্পা
Transliteration: wareppa
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). 1 Corinthians 11:25, ‘the new covenant in my blood.‘

Glory

Approved rendering: মতিক চাউবা
Transliteration: matik chauba
Doctrine: Headship and Gender Order in Worship
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 10:31, 11:7, 11:15, 15:40-43; avoid conflation with the ceremonial splendor of Ras Lila staging.

Delivered Tradition

Approved rendering: শিন্নবা
Transliteration: shinnaba
Doctrine: Gospel as Received Apostolic Tradition
Original: παραδίδωμι
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:3, 11:2, 11:23. Pairs with received_tradition to mark 15:3-5 as fixed, pre-Pauline eyewitness creed, not private theological speculation. Theologian review required.

Buried

Approved rendering: হনবা
Transliteration: hanba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: θάπτω
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:4. Anchors the reality of Christ’s real, bodily death against any docetic reading.

Once For All Appearance

Approved rendering: অমুক্তমক্তা
Transliteration: amuktamakta
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: ἐφάπαξ
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:6. Single, unrepeated historical occurrence, reinforcing the non-repeatable, non-cyclical character of the resurrection appearances against any avatar-descent-cycle framing.

Untimely Born

Approved rendering: মপুংফাদবা পোকপা
Transliteration: mapungphadaba pokpa
Doctrine: Grace and Apostolic Labor
Rejected alternatives: a clinically graphic literal rendering of miscarriage/abortion (rejected as culturally insensitive)
Original: ἔκτρωμα
Category: Apostleship/Grace

[PROVISIONAL] New term, native-speaker sensitivity review required. 1 Corinthians 15:8. Paul’s self-deprecating image of an abnormal, premature apostleship, underscoring grace over merit; culturally delicate imagery requiring tact.

Labored

Approved rendering: হোৎনবা
Transliteration: hotnaba
Doctrine: Grace and Apostolic Labor
Rejected alternatives: সেবা-style devotional service framing that would read as merit-earning (rejected)
Original: κοπιάω
Category: Grace vs. Works

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:10, 4:12, 15:58. Must be read as grace’s fruit, not bhakti-style devotional service that earns or maintains divine favor. Escalate for theologian review per the grace-vs-works rule.

Preached

Approved rendering: ফোংদোকপা
Transliteration: phongdokpa
Doctrine: Gospel as Received Apostolic Tradition
Original: κηρύσσω
Category: Gospel Proclamation

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing the root established for ‘prophecy.’ 1 Corinthians 1:23, 9:27, 15:11-12. Must retain the sense of authoritative public heralding, distinct from a teacher’s or guru’s private instruction.

Schism

Approved rendering: তোকহনবা
Transliteration: tokhanba
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σχίσμα
Category: Christian Unity vs. Factionalism

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 1:10, 11:18, 12:25. Teach as a call to gospel-centered unity within one congregation (Paul/Apollos/Cephas factions); do not map onto Manipur’s contemporary inter-community/ethnic tensions, a distinct social/political matter.

Wisdom

Approved rendering: খংবগী মতিক
Transliteration: khangbagi matik
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σοφία
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মতিক from the established glory term. 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:16, 3:19. Manipuri Vaishnavism has its own developed jnana wisdom-path; God’s wisdom in Christ must be taught as categorically distinct revelation, not one more wisdom-path among several.

Foolishness

Approved rendering: অপাংবা
Transliteration: apangba
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: μωρία
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

New term, common Meitei word. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. The deliberate rhetorical inversion (foolishness = God’s actual wisdom/power) must be preserved intact, not smoothed away.

Mystery

Approved rendering: লুকপা থৌরাং
Transliteration: lukpa thourang
Doctrine: The Spirit-Revealed Wisdom of God
Original: μυστήριον
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing থৌরাং from the established providence term. 1 Corinthians 2:7, 4:1, 13:2, 14:2, 15:51. Must be distinguished from esoteric ritual knowledge held by a maiba/maibi specialist or graded initiatory tantric-influenced knowledge; God’s mystery in Christ is publicly proclaimed, not privately guarded.

Sexual Immorality

Approved rendering: ব্যভিচার
Transliteration: byabhichar
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πορνεία
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

New term, widely used regional loanword. 1 Corinthians 5:1, 6:13-18, 7:2. Must be taught as sin against a holy God requiring corrective church discipline, not primarily community-honor management.

Satan

Approved rendering: শয়তান
Transliteration: Shoitan
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: Σατανᾶς
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

New term, standard South Asian Christian transliteration. 1 Corinthians 5:5, 7:5. Must be taught as a specific personal spiritual adversary, not merged into the populated Sanamahi spirit-world of ancestral/nature spirits (Apokpa, Umang Lai), nor as one more Umang Lai spirit-figure.

Unmarried

Approved rendering: লুহোংদবা
Transliteration: luhongdaba
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἄγαμος
Category: Marriage and Singleness

[PROVISIONAL] New term, negation of লুহোংবা. 1 Corinthians 7:8, 7:11, 7:32-35. Runs counter to strong existing Meitei clan (yumnak) continuity expectations transmitted through marriage and children; must be taught with explicit positive theological framing (a good gift, not deficiency).

Conscience

Approved rendering: থমোইগী খংবা
Transliteration: thamoigi khangba
Doctrine: Conscience and the Limits of Christian Liberty
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing থমোই (heart/mind). 1 Corinthians 8:7-12, 10:25-29. No crisp traditional Meitei category of individual internal moral conscience distinct from external communal/ritual propriety; requires explicit teaching, not an assumed cultural equivalent.

Headship

Approved rendering: কোক
Transliteration: kok
Doctrine: Headship and Gender Order in Worship
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Order in Worship

New term, standard Meitei word for head. 1 Corinthians 11:3-10. Culturally live, doctrinally significant gender-relations doctrine; requires careful, non-oppressive pastoral framing consistent with the mutual honor of 11:11-12.

Baptized

Approved rendering: বাপ্তিস্মা
Transliteration: baptisma
Doctrine: Baptism into One Body
Original: βαπτίζω
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ

New term, established South Asian Christian transliteration, new ordinance term beyond the Romans baseline. 1 Corinthians 1:13-17, 10:2, 12:13, 15:29. Must be explicitly taught as the church ordinance/Spirit-act of incorporation into Christ’s body, distinguished from any ritual water-purification rite in Sanamahi or Vaishnava practice.

Body Of Christ

Approved rendering: ক্রিস্তোগী হকচাং
Transliteration: Christogi hakchang
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ

New term, reusing হকচাং + established ক্রিস্তো. 1 Corinthians 12:27. Must be kept doctrinally distinct from clan (yumnak)/ethnic-community belonging.

Hope

Approved rendering: আশা
Transliteration: asha
Doctrine: Christian Hope Grounded in the Resurrection
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Love as the Greater Way

New term, widely naturalized regional loanword. 1 Corinthians 13:13, 15:19. Must be distinguished from general worldly optimism and, per the salvation doctrine’s existing caution, from a Vaishnava devotee’s aspirational hope of eventual nearness to or union with Krishna’s presence in Vaikuntha/Goloka; Christian hope is confident expectation grounded in Christ’s finished resurrection work (15:19-23).

Keep Silent

Approved rendering: ৱা হায়দবা
Transliteration: wa haidaba
Doctrine: Gender and Speech in Worship
Rejected alternatives: a flattened universal-prohibition rendering (rejected as contradicting 11:5)
Original: σιγάω
Category: Order in Worship

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing হায়জবা root. 1 Corinthians 14:28, 14:30, 14:34-35. A doctrinally and culturally sensitive gender-and-order passage; requires careful contextual teaching distinguishing the specific disorderly-questioning situation Paul addresses from a universal prohibition on women’s speech in worship, consistent with 11:5’s assumption that women do pray and prophesy in the assembly. Theologian review required.

Adam

Approved rendering: আদম
Transliteration: Adam
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: Ἀδάμ
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

Proper name, transliterated. 1 Corinthians 15:22, 15:45-49. Requires explicit Old Testament (Genesis) background teaching, given low assumed OT narrative literacy; without that background the Adam/Christ typological argument will not land.

Spiritual Body

Approved rendering: থাওয়াইগী হকচাং
Transliteration: thawaigi hakchang
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: σῶμα πνευματικόν
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

New term, combining থাওয়াই + হকচাং. 1 Corinthians 15:44. Must be taught as a real, transformed, physical resurrection body, never a disembodied ghost/ancestral-spirit existence (not conflated with the Sanamahi thawai/Apokpa ancestral-spirit category); contrast explicitly with the ‘natural body’ (ψυχικός).

Anathema

Approved rendering: শিরাপ
Transliteration: shirap
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and the Closing Curse
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Eschatological Judgment

New term, widely used regional loanword for ‘curse.’ 1 Corinthians 16:22. Must be taught as God’s own solemn judicial verdict on those who do not love the Lord, distinct in kind and authority from a maiba’s ritual imprecation/curse-power within Sanamahi practice.

Medium Risk Terms

Church

Approved rendering: কলিসিয়া
Transliteration: kalisiya
Doctrine: Church as God’s People and Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: মন্দির (Vaishnava temple, never use), উমাং লাই থাবা (Umang Lai sacred grove, never use)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:2, 11:18, 14:4-5, 14:33-35, 16:19.

Apostle

Approved rendering: তবিদগী থাবিরকপা
Transliteration: tabidagi thabirakpa
Doctrine: Apostolic Stewardship and Servanthood
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:1, 4:9, 9:1-2, 12:28-29, 15:7-9; distinguish from a religious specialist paralleling a maiba/maibi ritual office.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi leipak
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 4:20, 6:9-10, 15:24-25, 15:50.

Israel

Approved rendering: ইস্রায়েল
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). 1 Corinthians 10:18, cited as a wilderness warning example.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: থাওয়াইগী খুদোল
Transliteration: thawaigi khudol
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: শক্তি (maibi trance-power, never use)
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 7:7, 12:1-31.

Received Tradition

Approved rendering: লৌখৎপা
Transliteration: loukhatpa
Doctrine: Gospel as Received Apostolic Tradition
Original: παραλαμβάνω
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:1, 15:3, 11:23. Formal reception of authoritative, handed-down apostolic teaching, not casual hearing. Confirm naturalness with a Manipuri-speaking theologian.

In Vain

Approved rendering: মথৌ তাদবা
Transliteration: mathou tadaba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: κενός
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মথৌ root from the grace compound. 1 Corinthians 15:2, 15:14, 15:17, 15:58. Must not be read as teaching salvation can be lost by imperfect faith; distinguish from the assurance_of_salvation doctrine established in the Romans baseline.

Third Day

Approved rendering: নুমিৎ অহুমশুবা
Transliteration: numit ahumsuba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:4. A specific, historically datable day fulfilling Scripture; must not be assimilated to a recurring festival-cycle calendar.

Persecuted

Approved rendering: নাকখৎপা
Transliteration: nakkhatpa
Doctrine: Grace and Apostolic Labor
Original: διώκω
Category: Grace/Calling

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:9. Must not be softened; the force of Paul’s testimony depends on the seriousness of his prior hostility toward the church.

Quarrels

Approved rendering: খৎনবা
Transliteration: khatnaba
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: ἔρις
Category: Christian Unity vs. Factionalism

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 1:11, 3:3.

Stumbling Block

Approved rendering: লম্বীদা তুহানবা
Transliteration: lambida tuhanba
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σκάνδαλον / πρόσκομμα
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power; Christian Liberty

[PROVISIONAL] New term, same Manipuri rendering used for both σκάνδαλον (1:23) and πρόσκομμα (8:9).

Natural Person

Approved rendering: হকচাংগী মীওই
Transliteration: hakchanggi miwoi
Doctrine: The Spirit-Revealed Wisdom of God
Original: ψυχικός
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing হকচাং (body). 1 Corinthians 2:14; contrasts with resurrection ‘spiritual body’ (15:44-46).

Spiritual Person

Approved rendering: থাওয়াই অসেংবাগী মীওই
Transliteration: thawai asengbagi miwoi
Doctrine: The Spirit-Revealed Wisdom of God
Original: πνευματικός
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power; Spiritual Gifts

[PROVISIONAL] New term, built on the full থাওয়াই অসেংবা compound, never bare থাওয়াই. 1 Corinthians 2:15, 3:1, 14:37.

Fleshly

Approved rendering: হকচাংগী
Transliteration: hakchanggi
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σαρκικός
Category: Christian Unity vs. Factionalism

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing হকচাং. 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. Dominated by sinful human nature; immature, worldly.

Reward

Approved rendering: মানা
Transliteration: mana
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: μισθός
Category: Church Discipline; Grace

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 3:8, 3:14, 9:17-18. Reward for grace-empowered ministry faithfulness, not merit securing salvation itself.

Steward

Approved rendering: থৌদাং য়েংবা মী
Transliteration: thoudang yengba mi
Doctrine: Apostolic Stewardship and Servanthood
Original: οἰκονόμος
Category: Apostleship

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing থৌদাং from the established calling term. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2.

Judge

Approved rendering: ৱায়েল তানবা
Transliteration: wayel tanba
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: κρίνω
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 4:3-5, 5:12-13, 6:1-6.

Leaven

Approved rendering: হমেই
Transliteration: hamei
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ζύμη
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

New term, standard Meitei word for yeast, well attested in fermented-food culture. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. The Passover background (unleavened bread) requires explicit Old Testament teaching, given low assumed OT literacy.

Washed

Approved rendering: চম্থোকপা
Transliteration: chamthokpa
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ἀπολούω
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 6:11. Distinguish from ritual purification washing performed before Lai Haraoba or Vaishnava temple worship; a one-time act accompanying justification, not a repeatable ritual purity practice.

One Flesh

Approved rendering: অমা হকচাং
Transliteration: ama hakchang
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Marriage and Singleness

New term, reusing হকচাং. 1 Corinthians 6:16.

Marriage

Approved rendering: লুহোংবা
Transliteration: luhongba
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γάμος
Category: Marriage and Singleness

New term, standard Meitei word for marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-40.

Virgin

Approved rendering: লৈরেম্মা
Transliteration: leirembi
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: παρθένος
Category: Marriage and Singleness

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 7:25-38.

Conjugal Duty

Approved rendering: লুহোংবগী থৌদাং
Transliteration: luhongbagi thoudang
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ὀφειλή
Category: Marriage and Singleness

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing থৌদাং. 1 Corinthians 7:3.

Knowledge

Approved rendering: খংবা
Transliteration: khangba
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat; Love

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:1-11, 13:2, 13:8. 8:1’s warning (‘knowledge puffs up, love builds up’) anticipates ch.13’s love doctrine; cross-reference explicitly.

Right Authority

Approved rendering: চৎনবগী হক
Transliteration: chatnabagi hak
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat

New term, using হক, a common regional loanword for ‘right.’ 1 Corinthians 8:9, 9:4-6, 9:12, 9:18.

Cup Of The Lord

Approved rendering: মপু ইবুংগোগী তেংগোৎ
Transliteration: Mapu Ibungogi tengot
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ποτήριον
Category: The Lord’s Supper

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মপু ইবুংগো. 1 Corinthians 10:16, 10:21, 11:25-28. Anticipates ch.11’s Lord’s Supper terminology.

Temptation

Approved rendering: শোনথিবা
Transliteration: shonthiba
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Christian Liberty

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Head Covering

Approved rendering: কোক ফুম্বা
Transliteration: kok phumba
Doctrine: Headship and Gender Order in Worship
Original: κατακαλύπτω
Category: Order in Worship

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 11:5-6, 11:13. Natural resonance with existing Meitei women’s head-covering customs (innaphi/khudei); a translator’s cultural note distinguishing biblical theological rationale from mere cultural custom is recommended.

Remembrance

Approved rendering: নিংশিংবা
Transliteration: ningshingba
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: The Lord’s Supper

New term, common Meitei word for remembering. 1 Corinthians 11:24-25.

Unworthy Manner

Approved rendering: মতিক চাদবা মৱোংদা
Transliteration: matik chadaba mawongda
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀναξίως
Category: The Lord’s Supper

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মতিক. 1 Corinthians 11:27, 11:29.

Judgment

Approved rendering: ৱায়েল
Transliteration: wayel
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κρίμα
Category: The Lord’s Supper

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:29, 11:34; also relevant to the closing anathema of 16:22.

Member

Approved rendering: হকচাংগী কায়
Transliteration: hakchanggi kai
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: μέλος
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing হকচাং. 1 Corinthians 12:12-27.

Manifestation

Approved rendering: ফোংদোকপা
Transliteration: phongdokpa
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: φανέρωσις
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ

New term, reusing the ‘revealing/proclaiming’ root. 1 Corinthians 12:7.

Firstfruits

Approved rendering: হানগী মহৈ
Transliteration: hangi mahei
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:20, 15:23. The agrarian metaphor should transfer naturally to Manipur’s agrarian cultural context; ensure it is taught as guaranteeing believers’ future bodily resurrection, not a self-standing metaphor.

Imperishable

Approved rendering: সিদবা য়াদবা
Transliteration: sidaba yadaba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing সিবা (to die). 1 Corinthians 15:42, 15:52-54.

Sting Of Death

Approved rendering: সিবগী খোঙথাং
Transliteration: sibagi khongthang
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: κέντρον
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:55-56.

Sown

Approved rendering: হুনবা
Transliteration: hunba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: σπείρω
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

New term, common Meitei agrarian word. 1 Corinthians 15:36-44. The seed-sown/plant-raised metaphor should resonate naturally with Manipur’s agrarian setting; ensure the metaphor is taught as pointing to bodily continuity-with-transformation, not reincarnation.

Maranatha

Approved rendering: মারানাথা
Transliteration: Marana Tha
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and the Closing Curse
Rejected alternatives: a paraphrased rendering (rejected in favor of preserving the Aramaic exclamation)
Original: μαράνα θά
Category: Resurrection/Eschatology

New term, preserved as a transliteration, following the same pattern as আব্বা (Abba) in the Romans baseline. 1 Corinthians 16:22. Liturgically prominent closing exclamation (‘Our Lord, come!’).

Holy Kiss

Approved rendering: অসেংবা চুমথাবা
Transliteration: asengba chumthaba
Doctrine: Church as God’s People and Fellowship
Original: φίλημα ἅγιον
Category: Christian Fellowship

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 16:20. Recommend a translator’s cultural-adaptation note, since a literal kiss-greeting may not be the customary Manipuri equivalent of the culturally-coded affectionate/respectful greeting Paul intends; a respectful embrace or greeting gesture may better carry the intended meaning.

Low Risk Terms

Fellowship

Approved rendering: লোইনবা
Transliteration: loinaba
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). In 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 applies specifically to shared participation in the Lord’s Supper; distinguish from communal feasting at Lai Haraoba or Vaishnava prasad meals.

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: থাগৎচরি
Transliteration: thagatchari
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία / εὐχαριστέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 1:4-9, 14:18.

Prophet

Approved rendering: তোঙান তোঙানবা ফোংদোকপা
Transliteration: tongan tonganba phongdokpa
Doctrine: Order in Corporate Worship
Rejected alternatives: মৈবা (Sanamahi ritual specialist, never use)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 12:28-29, 14:29-32; never মৈবা/মৈবী.

Prophecy

Approved rendering: ফোংদোকপা ৱারোল
Transliteration: phongdokpa warol
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (identical rendering). Occurs 1 Corinthians 12:10, 13:2, 13:8-9, 14:1-40; distinct from a maibi’s trance utterances during Lai Haraoba.

Mutual Edification

Approved rendering: অমাগা অমাগা হৌদোকহনবা
Transliteration: amaga amaga houdokhanba
Doctrine: Mutual Edification in Worship
Original: οἰκοδομή
Category: Church

Phrase established in the Romans baseline doctrine registry (mutual_edification doctrine entry); formalized here as a full translation-memory term for 1 Corinthians 14:3-5, 14:12, 14:26. Building one another up through intelligible, orderly worship.

Stand Firm

Approved rendering: চেৎনা লৈবা
Transliteration: chetna leiba
Doctrine: Gospel as Received Apostolic Tradition
Original: ἵστημι
Category: Resurrection of Christ

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 15:1, 16:13. Firm, continuing standing on the ground of the gospel.

Discern

Approved rendering: য়েংথোকপা
Transliteration: yengthokpa
Doctrine: The Spirit-Revealed Wisdom of God
Original: ἀνακρίνω
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 2:14-15, 4:3-4, 10:25-27.

Servant

Approved rendering: মতেং পাংবা মী
Transliteration: mateng pangba mi
Doctrine: Apostolic Stewardship and Servanthood
Original: ὑπηρέτης
Category: Apostleship

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 4:1.

Crown

Approved rendering: মকোক চুম্বা
Transliteration: makok chumba
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: στέφανος
Category: Christian Liberty

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 9:25, an athletic victor’s wreath, figuratively an imperishable reward.

Self Control

Approved rendering: মশাগী মথৌ খুমহনবা
Transliteration: masagi mathou khumhanba
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Christian Liberty

[PROVISIONAL] New term, reusing মথৌ. 1 Corinthians 9:25.

Race Contest

Approved rendering: চেনবগী শান
Transliteration: chenbagi shan
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἀγών
Category: Christian Liberty

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.

Interpretation

Approved rendering: ৱাহন্থোকপা
Transliteration: wahanthokpa
Doctrine: Order in Corporate Worship
Original: ἑρμηνεία
Category: Order in Worship

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 12:10, 14:26-28.

Order

Approved rendering: মপুং ফাবা মৱোং
Transliteration: mapung phaba mawong
Doctrine: Order in Corporate Worship
Original: τάξις
Category: Order in Worship

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 14:40.

Unbeliever

Approved rendering: থাজদবা মীওই
Transliteration: thajadaba miwoi
Doctrine: Order in Corporate Worship
Original: ἄπιστος
Category: Order in Worship

New term, negating থাজবা. 1 Corinthians 14:22-24.

Mortal

Approved rendering: সিগদবা
Transliteration: sigadaba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: θνητός
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:53-54.

Victory

Approved rendering: ঙম্বা
Transliteration: ngamba
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Original: νῖκος
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:54-57.

Collection

Approved rendering: খোমজিনবা
Transliteration: khomjinba
Doctrine: Church as God’s People and Fellowship
Original: λογία
Category: Church as God’s People

[PROVISIONAL] New term. 1 Corinthians 16:1-2.

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